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«5l PUBLISHED BY (?» 

CONRAD • PINSCHMIDT, | 

NO. 45 N. CAROLINE ST., p 
^j BALTIMORE, MD. 

1895. jF 



Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1895, 

by CONRAD PINSCHxMIDT, 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at "Washington 



ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 



^"LIBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS. 



small phttes are at all the places. The olives 
are passed with the first course, and some peo- 
ple continue to eat them through the meal ; the 
olive stones are returned to the individual plates. 

1 1. 

SOUR MILK 
often showsofftoa better advantage than sweet 
in shortcakes, pancakes, gingerbread, or 
Dutch cheese. 

12. 

HOI'SE PLANTS. 

If you wish your house plants to flourish, put 
a few drops of spirits of ammonia to each pint 
of water used in watering them. 

13. 

ROSE GERANIUM FOR FLIES. 

A moderate-sized rose geranium will prove so 
disagreeable to flies that they will avoid its 
neighborhood, and two or three in a room will 
banish them altogether. 

14. 

PLANTS IN ROOMS 

It is difficult, if not impossible, to grow plants 
*in rooms lighted with gas and heated by a fur- 
nace, unless they are enclosed in cases. 

15. 

RHUBARB. 

Rhubarb is extremely good for the complex- 
ion, and clears the blood generally. A person 
in ordinary health can scarcely eat too much of 
this most wholesome vegetable. Rhubarb jam 
may be made in the early spring to be eaten at 
once. Use equal quantities of fruit and sugar 
and boil the jam for half an hour. 



16. 

TO PRESERVE EGGS. 

Rub over with grease and pack in bran, flouf 
or lime. 

17. 
TO GIVE VARIETY TO AN OMELET. 

A tiny scrap of nice meat or fish, too little to 
serve one person, will give variety to an ome- 
let, or may be placed in the center of potato 
croquettes, or used to give flavor to a dish of 
macaroni. 

IS. 

TO SCALE FISH EASILY. 

Fish may be scaled more easily by first dip- 
ping them into boiling water for a minute. 

f 1<>, 

A HAM IS GREATLY IMPROVED, 

if, after being boiled, it is wrapped in buttered 
paper and baked for an hour. 

20. 

SLICES OF COOKED MEAT, 
reheated, not cooked, in a good gravy or sauce, 
are much more satisfying than if served cold. 

21. 

LINE PANS 
with buttered paper ; several thicknesses for 
large cakes. 

22. 

FRESH MEAT 

1>eginning to sour will sweeten if placed out of 
doors in the air over nisrht 



23. 

FRUIT FOR CAKES. 

Fruit, for all nice cakes, should be picked, 
washed and dried the day before making. Dust 
with flour before using. Raisins should be 
steamed before seeding. 

24. 

BERRIES.— FRUIT-JUICES. 

Berries of every kind are healthful, if eaten 
when fresh and ripe. 

Fruit-juices are preferable to any other for 
the making of cooling drinks. 



BUTTER. 

The difference between creamery, dairy, and 
factory butter is mostly in the label. There's 
a deal in a name, though the thing be the same. 

26. 

LIME WATER. 

When a milk diet is prescribed for one who 
has an acid stomach, it is often best to add a 
little lime water to it. Lime water is made by 
turning two quarts of hot water over a piece of 
unslaked lime an inch square. When it is 
slaked, stir and let stand over night. In the 
morning pour off as much liquid as is clear and 
bottle it. To half a pint of milk add a tea- 
spoonful of lime water. 

27. 

A DYSPEPTIC MAY EAT 

such articles of food as milk, eggs (softb-oiled 
or poached), beef, mutton, gluten bread and 
stale, white bread. The following articles 
should be excluded : Yeal, pork, preserved 



and salted meats, raw vegetables, pastry, fried 
dishes and all highly seasoned and greasy mix- 
tures. 

28. 

PURIFYING DRINKING WATER. 

Boiling for half an hour will make water suf- 
ficiently pure for drinking, which cannot be 
said of filtering alone. Indeed, if a filter can- 
not be cleaned, instead of being a blessing it is 
a curse, and a serious source of danger. 

25). 

HAM PATTIES. 
One pint of ham, which has previously been 
cooked, mix with two pints of bread crumbs, 
wet with milk. Put this batter in gem pans, 
break one egg over each, sprinkle the top 
thickly with cracker crumbs and bake until 
brown. 

30. 

A DELICIOUS DESSERT 
is made by taking any rule for lemon jelly and 
substituting grated or finely cut pineapple for 
the lemon. A little remnant of canned pine- 
apple is well used in this way. 

31. 

TO SOLIDIFY LEMON JELLY. 

Sometimes lemon jelly, made with gelatine. 
will not solidify. In such a case, add two stiff 
whites of eggs and a little sugar to a quart of 
the jelly, and freeze it as lemon ice. It will be 
found to be delicious, and that the egg removes 
that coarse, snowy taste of the average 
water-ice. 

32. 

CANNED GRAPE-JUICE. 
Cook the grapes one hour, or until soft. 



Strain through afiue strainer and cook the juice 
once more, adding one cupful of sugar to one 
cupful of juice. Roil well and can in glass jars. 

ORANGE vSHERBET. 

Squeeze the juice from a dozen oranges and 
four lemons into half a gallon of water. Dis- 
solve a pound of sugar and add with the beaten 
whites of four eggs. Turn into a freezer and 
freeze. 

CLAM BOUILLON, 

which now comes in cans, ready for use, is en- 
riched by an addition of celery-salt and a mere 
squeeze of onion jui^e, with a trifle of thickened 
milk. Sprinkle a few fresh parsley sprigs on 
the top of each bouillon cup, and nobody will 
perceive the onion after you have left the table. 

:jr>. 

BAKED TOMATOES. 

Pick smooth, ripe tomatoes. Wipe them 
carefully and bake as you would apples Salt, 
pepper and butter can be added to taste. The 
flavor is very delicate and appetizing. 

FRUIT SANDWICHES. 

Spread thin slices of bread, white or brown, 
or crackers, if preferred, with figs which have 
been chopped fine and stewed several hours, 
and sprinkle the surface of the figs with pea- 
nuts, rolled, chopped or ground very fine. Cov- 
er with the bread. or crackers, and serve on a 
doilv. 



:*7. 

A SALAD OF WALNUTS. 

Crush the nuts quite fine, until they are re- 
duced to a pulp, mixing them with a little sher- 
ry wine. Serve on crisp iced lettuce leaves with 
mayonnaise dressing. It is delicious. 

COCOANUT PYRAMIDS. 

Whip the whites of five eggs as for icing, add 
one pound of powdered sugar while doing thin 
until it will stand alone, then beat in one cup 
of grated cocoanut. Shape into pyramids upon 
a dish and serve. 

BAKED BANANAS. 

Bake in the skins slowly any length of time. 
Then peel and spread with Melliu's food. This 
delicacy a baby could digest. 

40. 

STAINS ON DISHES. 

Damp salt will remove stains from china or 
earthenware dishes. 

41. 
CLEANING BRASS KETTLES. 

Clean a brass kettle by scouring with salt wet 
with vinegar before using for apple butter or 
other cooking. 

42. 

SALT. 
Salt sprinkled on any substance burning on 
the stove will stop the smoke and smell. Salt 
thrown upon coals blazing from the fat of 
broiling chops or ham will cause the blaze to 
subside. 



4;s. 

THE OVEN. 

The oven should be just right for the par- 
ticular kind of cake you are baking. Layer 
cakes, sponge and most small cakes need a 
quick oven. Rich cakes must bake long and 
slowly. Test the oven ; if the hand can bear 
the heat twenty or twenty-five seconds, it is 
in good order. 

44. 

CLEANING PRYING PANS. 

Vinegar and salt will clean the black crust off 
iron frying pans, but they should be thoroughly 
scoured afterward with sand soap and dried. 

4r>. 

TO AROUSE A DYING EIRE. 

Half a teaspoouful of sugar scattered over a 
dying fire is better than kerosene and has no 
element of danger. 

4<>. 

RPST ON IRON OR STEEL. 

Kerosene is the best thing for removing rust 
from iron or steel, unless it is very deep. Then 
it must be taken off by scouring with fine emery 
powder. 

47. 

CLEANING DECANTERS. 

A few drops of muriatic acid and a little cold 
water will keep clear and brilliant the insides 
of all decanters and water-bottles. Rinse again 
and again very carefully, and turn down on a 
folded napkin to drain and dry. 
9. 



48. 

CISTERN WATER. 

Cistern water may be purified by hanging in 
it a bag filled with charcoal. 

4*>. 

DISINFECTING SINKS. 

It is well to pour a disinfectant down sinks 
and water-closets. The most suitable is chlo- 
ride of ?,inc, made into a solution by placing 
half a pound in a gallon of water. 

50. 

NEW REFRIGERATORS. 

New refrigerators should stand for twenty - 
four hours filled with ice before being used 
to preserve food. 

51. 

CORKS. 

Corks warmed in oil make excellent substi- 
tutes for glass stoppers. 

52. 

WATER-PROOF GLOVES. 

If old kid gloves be dipped in hot linseed-oil 
it renders them waterproof, and they are better 
than rubber gloves to wear when washing dish- 
es or working in the garden. 

r>:5. 

WARM FOOD 

should never be placed in the ice box, as heat 
generates moisture 

10. 



54. 

COLD CELLAR. 

A cold cellar will serve all the demands of 
home cold storage if managed rightly. Instead 
of throwing it open as early as possible in the 
spring, the windows should remain tightly 
closed if you wish apples and potatoes to keep. 

TO DRIVE AWAY FLIES. 

Buy rive cents' worth of oil of lavender at the 
drug-store and mix it with the same quantity of 
water. Then put it in a common glass atomizer 
and spray it around the rooms wherever flies 
are apt to congregate, especially in the dining- 
room. 

5<>. 

TO DRIVE AWAY WATER-BUGS. 

Powdered sugar and powdered borax in 
equal quantities, mixed and scattered or blown 
about with a bellows in all the nooks and cran- 
nies of kitchen and pantry, will rid the place of 
water-bugs, generally misnamed cockroaches. 
The latter are bigger than June-beetles, and 
rarely seen in private houses. 



TO (LEAN MARBLE BASINS. 

Marble basins, when stained, may be cleaned 
with muriatic acid, applied upon a small rag at- 
tached to a stick. The acid must not be allow- 
ed to drop upon the plumbing or to touch 
either hands or face. So much precaution is 
needed in its use that only those stains which 
defy the application of sand soaps should be 
treated in this way. 

11. 



58. 
DAMP CELLAR. 

If the air of the cellar is damp, it may be 
thoroughly dried by placing in it a peck of 
fresh lime in an open box. A peck of lime will 
absorb about seven pounds, or more than three 
quarts, of water, and in this way a cellar or 
milk-house may soon be dried, even in the hot- 
test weather. 

CLEANING WASTE PIPES. 

Chloride of lime in solution is an invaluable 
disinfectant and deodorizer, and is cheap 
enough to be used daily or weekly to flush 
waste pipes and sink drains. It may even be 
used in the cleansing of an ice-chest, especially 
if the latter has been shut up through the 
winter. 

TO WASH AN OIL CLOTH. 

Wash an oilcloth with a flannel wet with 
warm water, wiping dry and rubbing a little 
skim milk over. 

<n. 

A LARGE RUG 

of linen crash placed under the sewing machine 
will catch threads, clippings and cuttings, and 
save a deal of sweeping and dusting. 

62. 

(LEANING SMOKY MICA. 

Smoky mica in stove doors may be cleansed 
by slipping it out and putting it to soak in a 
dish of vinegar for a few hours, then removing 
and polishing with a soft cloth. 
12. 



63. 

CLEANING LAMP BURNERS. 

When the burners of lamps become clogged 
with char, put them in strong soap-suds and boil 
awhile to clean them. 

<>4. 
TO KEEP YOUR WINDOWS (LEAN. 

The old-fashioned glass toweling, such as 
is used for goblets, is far better adapted to the 
purpose than the softest of chamois skins. Also 
use it on mirrors, and keep chamois skins ex- 
clusively for the silver. It is not only econom- 
ical, but absolutely better. 
65. 

IF ANTS ANNOY 

your pantry, clear out the food and dishes and 
syringe it well with kerosene emulsion, leaving 
it unwashed for a day or two. 

TO TIGHTEN CANE-SEATS. 

"When the bottoms of cane-seated chairs sag, 
wash them with hot soapsuds and place them 
outdoors to dry ; they will become as tight as 
when new. 

THE BEST DUSTERS. 
The best dusters are made of yard-wide 
cheese clotb, cut square and neatly hemmed. 

<>8. 

DRYING UMBRELLAS. 

They will last much longer if they are always 
placed when wet with the handle downward to 
dry. The moisture then falls from the edge of 
the frame and the fabric dries uniformly. 



69. 

TO SOFTEN LEATHER. 

Castor-oil is the best thing with which to sof- 
ten leather. 

70. 

YELLOW STAINS ON WHITE GOODS. 

Yellow stains left by sewing-machine oil on 
white goods may be removed by rubbing the 
spots with a cloth wet with ammonia before 
washing with soap in rainwater. 

71. 

SEWING NEW LINEN. 

Before sewing new linen on the machine, 
rub along the intended seam with yellow soap, 
or it may break the needle. 



TO WHITEN YELLOW LINEN. 

Whiten yellow linen by boiling half an hour 
in one pound of fine soap melted in one gal- 
lon of milk. Then wash in suds ; then in two 
cold waters with a little blueing. 

73. 

TO REMOYE CREASES FROM YELYET. 

The creases can be taken out of velvet and 
the pile raised by drawing it across a hot iron 
over which a wet cloth has been spread. If 
there are pin marks over which the pile refus- 
es to rise, brush it up with a stiff brush and 
steam it, repeating the operation several times. 

74. 

CLEANING GLOVES. 

Gloves can be cleansed at home by rubbing 
with gasoline. 

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75, 

To Prevent Steel Ornaments from 
T \i;mshix<;. 

A lump of camphor in your clothes-press will 
Ue.ep steel ornaments from tarnishing. 

7<>. 

Weak Spots in a Black Stlk Waist. 

Weak spots in a black silk waist may be 
strengthened by "sticking" court plaster un- 
derneath. 

77. 
FOR COTTON GOODS. 

Vinegar boiled in water that is to be used in 
laundering red, pink or blue is fine, and, if add- 
ed to rinsing water where red is the tint. Will 
give an added brilliancy to it. 

78. 

WASHING CHINTZES AND SATlKES. 

Wash dark colored chintzes and satiues in 
\varm suds, rinse thoroughly and starch with 
gum-arabic water colored with coffee. Iron on 
the wrong side and they will look like new. 

79. 

THE BEST TOWELS. 

The very best towels for every-day wear arc 
made of huckaback, bought by the yard, and fin- 
ished with hemstitched hems. Old towels may 
sometimes be cut over to advantage in the shape 
of svash-rags. 

SO. 

CLEANING SILK. 

Take a good-sized potato, clean and scrape it. 
Put it in a basin and pour over it a pint of boiling 

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water. Let this preparation stand until cool. 
Sponge the silk with the potato water on the 
right side, and iron on the wrong side while still 
damp. Your silk will look like new when 
finished. 

81. 

TORTOISE SHELL ARTICLES. 

Articles made of tortoise shell become dull 
after they have been in use for a time. This 
may be prevented by occasional vigorous pol- 
ishing with a piece of flannel. 

82. 

TO CLEAN LACE. 

Spread the lace out on blue paper covered 
with calcined magnesia ; place the lace on this 
and cover with another paper, and put it away 
between the leaves of a book for a few days. 
Then all it needs is a skilful little shake to scat- 
ter the powder, and its delicate little threads are 
as fresh and clean as when first woven. 

8J5. 

To Clean Hair Brushes < ^iicki.v 

and Easily, 

Take a dessert-spoonful of hartshorn in a quart 
of cold w-ater in a wash-hand basin. Dip in the 
hair of the brushes and rub them together until 
clean. Then rinse well with cold water, rub dry 
with a towel, and stand upright in an open 
window. 

84. 

CLEANING CARPET. 

In cleaning a badly-soiled carpet, great pre- 
caution should be used. Brussels, tapestries, 
Wiltons or velvet carpets may be cleaned with 
ox gall— a pint to a pail of water. Use an ordi- 
nary scrubbing-brush, and afterwards the car- 
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pet should be vigorously rubbed with a coarse 
cloth. Fresh water should be applied. A small 

portion of the carpet done each day during the 
hot and sultry weather would keep it greatly re- 
freshed in coloring, as well as sweet and clean. 

85. 

TO BRIGHTEN LEATHER FURNITURE, 

wash it with good soap and soft water, and dry 
in the sun. Then rub with a flannel cloth wet 
with kerosene, and let it stand in the air awhile 
to dry and evaporate. 

8<>. 

When About to Re-papee the Wall. 

Before papering the house anew, be sure to 
have the old paper removed before beginning 
to re-paper. Physicians say that papering old 
walls without removing the old paper is a 
prolific cause of disease. 

87. 

TO HE MOVE OLD PAINT. 

Add four pounds of sal-soda and one-half 
pound of lime to two gallons of water, and 
apply while hot. It will soon loosen the paint. 

88. 

TO REPAIR A BROKEN WALL. 

X T se plaster of Paris and whiting, as it hard- 
ens rapidly, and may be colored or papered on 
without delay. 

Sih 
DUSTING A ROOM. 

In dusting a room the doors and windows 
should be opened so the dust may be sent out- 
side, and all that is swept up from floors should 
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be burned. The usual dry cloth is hot ofitiucii 
use in dusting ; a damp one ought to be used 
in the first place, the dry one devoted to pol- 
ishing. 

90. 

for moth 8. 

Benzine is the best remedy if the moths have 
stolen a march and are ravaging carpets or 
furniture. Pour it freely upon any carpet or 
upholstered furniture ; it will not stain. 

91. 

IF A BEDSTEAD CREAKS 

at each movement of the sleeper, remove the 
slats and wrap the ends of each in old news- 
papers. 

WASHING-FLUID. 

Dissolve one pound of concentrated lye in 
two gallons of water ; then add four ounces of 
Salts of tartar and four ounces of carbonate of 
ammonia; keep in a jug. Use one cupful to a 
boiler of water., or more, if the water is hard. 

<>:*. 

SOAP. 

Some soap in market has so large a percent- 
age of soda in it that it is not fit for washing 
anything but white clothes. 

94. 

A GOOD QUALITY 

of indelible ink will not wash out unless soda or' 
some strong washing fluid is used in washing. 
The use of the various powerful and injurious 
washing fluids now in market may be detected 
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by their effect on indelible ink. Any washing 
that turns the ink brown has probably been 
done with the assistance of soda or some such 
chemical, which is certain to rot the clothes. 

95. 

TO KEEP THE HAIR IN CURL. 

Mix twelve grains of carbonate of potash 
with a pint of warm, soapy water. Froth the 
water by beating it with the hands, dip a brush 
in it and dampen the hair well ; then curl with 
ordinary curlers. 

«M>. 

INFLAMED AND SORE EYES. 

For inflamed and sore eyes, take a small basin 
filled with water. Drop in several red-hot cokes 
from the fireplace ; strain off water and use as 
a lotion, bathing the eyes with it every hour. 
It should be made fresh for use every day. 

1)7. 

CUTTING THE HAIR. 

Frequent cutting or trimming of the hair in- 
creases the thickness, but not the number. 

BLEEDING FROM FRESH WOUNDS. 

Powdered rice is very efficacious in stopping 
bleeding from fresh wounds. 

99. 

TENDER FEET. 

To harden very tender feet, bathe them in 
warm salt water, once or twice a day. 

1!!. 



100, 

To STOP SNEEZING. 

Pressure upon the upper lip or above the 
bridge of the nose will usually cut short even a 
severe fit of sneezing. This failing, a mustard 
plaster applied to the back of the neck, or the 
administration of an emetic will be found useful, 

101. 

COUGH. 

A severe paroxysm of coughing may be often 
arrested by a table-spoonful of glycerine in a 
wine-glass of hot milk. 

102. 
GOING UPSTAIRS 
slowly, put the foot— heel and toe alike— firm- 
ly on each stair. You will arrive at the top of four 
flights of stairs rested, instead of gasping fof 
breath. 

103. 

ARRESTING A (OLD. 

There is no better medicine in the world to 
arrest the progress of a cold than hot water ; 
and, besides its effect upon the stomach and 
the system generally, it is beneficial in the 
highest degree. You can procure almost in- 
stant relief by drinking a cup of water as hot 
as you can bear to take in the mouth and swal- 
low. And for sore throat, the remedy will be 
found almost a specific. 

104. 

TO SWEETEN THE BREATH. 

The scent of onions can be entirely removed, 

no matter how they have been served, if you 

drink a cup of black coffee immediately after 

eating them Also, a clove or wintergreen cream 

20. 



will remove the smell of wine from the breath ; 
or. use a gargle of camphor and myrrh if you get 
the idea that your breath is the least bit tainted. 

105-. 

SKIN BEAUTIFIER. 

Half an ounce of tincture of benzoin, lti ounces 
of rosewater, 10 drops of attar of roses. vSponge 
the wet skin with this preparation after the bath. 
An equal weight of refined linseed oil added to 
this mixture and rubbed well into the arms and 
neck twice daily will preserve them from atten- 
uation. 

1 06. 
DRY PALATE. 

A bit of peppermint lozenge just before going 
out is a preventive against dry palate, or any 
other salivary trouble. 

107. 

WHEN TO BUY BOOTS AND SHOES. 

You should never buy boots and shoes in the 
morning. The feet are at their maximum sue 
later in the day. 

108. 

AIR YOUR CLOTH IN O. 

Everyday garments, particularly those which 
are not laundered, should be disinfected. Turn 
the garments wrong side out and let the air and 
sunshine disinfect and deodorize them. All 
night airing is good, but a day of blowing winds 
and purifying sunlight is better. 

too. 

DON'T SLEEP IN HOT ROOMS. 

Sleeping apartments should neverbe unduly 
heated. Whenever possible, children should 
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be accustomed to sleep with a slightly open 
window. 

no. 

LETTING CLOTHES HANG 

after they are dry, or letting them hang through 
a storm, or in windy weather, is not conducive 
to long wearing. 

111. 

THE BATH. 

The water for the summer bath should be at 
least moderately warm to begin with, and then 
cold water should be gradually turned in until 
it is finally quite cold. The water of the bath 
may be softened by bran bags, toilet water or 
borax. After soap, water and a scrubbing-brush 
have done their work, a rinsing with cold water 
and a brisk rubbing with a Turkish towel will 
make one feel deliciously refreshed. 

112. 

FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA, 

sour stomach after eating, coated tongue and 
constipation : 

Take five drops of tincture of nux vomica in 
water before each meal, a coffee-spoonful or 
more of willow charcoal after eating and a tea- 
spoonful of pure sulphate of soda in a gobletful 
of hot water an hour before breakfast every 
morning. 

113. 

PROTECTION AGAINST 

the bites of gnats and other insects. Weak car- 
bolic acid sponged on the skin and hair, and in 
some cases the clothing, will drive away the 
whole tribe. 



1 14. 

To Relieve a Cold in the Head. 

Use a solution consisting of ten grains of men- 
thol, ten grains of euealyptol, ten drops of oil of 
cubebs, and two ounces of liquid albolene. Use 
it with an atomizer every hour or two. 

i ir>. 

Dizziness and Vertigo, Caused by a 
Stomach Disturbance. 

Take a teaspoonful of sulphate of soda in a 
gobletful of hot water an hour before breakfast. 

11<>. 

For Faintness and Headache. 

Take one teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of 
ammonia in a glass of vichy water as required. 

117. 

IF NKRVOUS. 

If nervous and troubled with flatulency, take 
a five-grain asafoetida pill every three hours. 

US. 

Fresh Air, Pure Water, 

and sunshine, are the deadly microbes' worst 
enemies, and attention to a few simple hygienic 
rules will enormously lessen the chances of dis- 
ease, while, if a few simple precautions are neg- 
lected, the probability of some microbic disor- 
der attacking some member of the houeshold is 
considerably increased. 

1 19. 

CATS AND DOGS 

are a serious source .of danger if they have been 

permitted to roam around promiscuously at their 

23. 



own sweet will, as they carry the germs of dis- 
ease with them, and quite frequently convey 
most serious disorders not only to children, but 
to grown persons. As there is no satisfactory 
method of sterilizing these animals, it is best to 
have none of them about the house unless they 
can be kept within bounds. 

120. 

TO DESTROY MICROBES. 

Chloride of lime is a valuable antiseptic, and 
should be freely scattered around in cellars and 
stables, after those places have been thoroughly 
cleaned and every particle of dirt removed. 
One single ounce of dirt under the wood in the 
shed, or in the cellar, may contain enough of 
the microbes of disease to infect the entire 
population of a house, and eventually the whole 
city. 

121. 

DO NOT WORRY 

over little things. Take the rosy view of the sub- 
jects before you, rather than the reverse. Keep 
calm and collected, then the nerve force will 
not be exhausted, and you will get the full bene- 
fit of the sensible manner of your life. 

1 22. 

ATHLETIC TRAINING. 

As long as you are in course of training, absti- 
nence from alcoholic fluid is absolutely neces- 
sary. Don't touch the hurtful thing. It will 
undermine all the qualities on which you depend 
for success, will injure your precision, your decis- 
ion, your presence of mind and your endurance. 

1 2:?. 

ANTS ON THK LAWN. 
How to get rid of ants on the lawn. Pour in 
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kerosene emulsion— a quart of it into a hill. 
124. 
WINDOW GARDEN. 

A window garden is a very pretty way to ar- 
range your plants. A window with a southern 
exposure is the best. 

125. 
POTTED PLANTS. 

The best way to take care of your potted 
plants in summer is to set them pots and all in a 
half-shaded bed. Plunge them in a little below 
the top of the pot. In the fall lift them, repot 
in larger pots with good soil, cut back well, and' 
put in the house for winter blooming. 

1 26. 

GRAPE-VINES. 

Don't trim grape-vines after the sap begins to 
How. 



Tube-rose. 

The tube-rose will bear but little cold. The 
temperature should not fall below 50 degrees, or 
there will be trouble by rotting at the centre. 

12S. 

Mignonettes. 

Mignonettes, like all plants of delicate fra- 
grance, are never so sweet as when house-grown, 
and a box of them in a window will make a room 
so deliciously fragrant, that even to pass the 
door is a pleasure. 

12<> 
Rose Cuttings. 
One of the best methods to start rose cuttings. 



is to stick the cuttings about an inch deep into 
moist, clean river sand with good, well-prepared 
soil below to receive the roots as soon as they 

strike. 

l ;}<). 

Plants in Pots. 

Many plants will thrive better if the pots con- 
taining them are placed inside of a larger one 
with earth between the two. 

131. 

GARDEN 

Whenever it is possible, lay out your garden 
on a southern slope. 

132. 

To Protect Apple Trees from Rabbits. 

One application of castor- oil in the fall, will 
protect them from rabbits, and leave the bark 
in fine condition in spring. Take a little on a 
cloth and rub it as far up as a rabbit gets. One 
application does all winter and spring. 

l :*:*. 

Wind-cured Hay. 

Progressive farmers are claiming that in cur- 
ing hay the aim should be to dry it through the 
agency of the wind rather than through that of 
the sun. When cured through the former agen- 
cy, it preserves its green color in a marked de- 
gree and also much of the aroma which renders 
it so palatable to the stock. 

Wheat for Swine. 

Wheat, for swine of all ages, is a beautiful and 
agreeable food, giving generous returns in 
both framework and flesh ; but fed whole, espe- 



daily without soaking, is used at a disadvan- 
tage. Ground and made into slops, it is inval- 
uable for suckling sows, and for pigs both be- 
fore and after weaning. 

135. 

Small Potatoes. 
Small potatoes are usually the result of put- 
ting too much seed in a hill. 

i :*<>. 

Beet Seed. 
Sow beet seed for table use as early as pos- 
sible and in very rich ground. 

137. 

Plant Peas in the Orchard. 
They dissolve air in the soil and put nitrogen 
into active use. They do not drain the soil, 
either, but keep it moist. In the fall, give the 
pea vines and fallen apples to the hogs, and 
they will produce better meat than if fed on a 
corn diet. 

138. 

( >VER-FEEDING TIkns. 

When hens lay double-yolked eggs, or those 
of unusual size, it is a sign of over-feeding. 
Give them more green food and meat and less 
grain. 

139. 
Celery Plants. 

Remember that undue crowding makes poor 
celerv plants. 

14-0. 
Intelligent Farmers 

now feed their hogs on clover, corn, wheat, 
vegetables, ground grain and whey or skim 
milk, with plenty of clean water available at 
all times. 



141. 

Seed Potatoes. 

Never plant scabby seed potatoes, but select 
the smoothest specimens for that purpose, if 
you want a nice, even crop. 

142. 

Don't Feed Smutty Corn 

to stock, as it frequently transmits disease. 

14;*. 

The Best Nourishment for a Horse. 

Oats and corn are the best nourishment if a 
horse is worked hard, but if not, it should be 
chiefly hay, because corn and oats supply more 
nourishment and flesh-making material than 
any other kind of food ; but hay is not so much. 
For a coach horse, four to six quarts of good 
oats, and eighteen pounds of good hay, are usu- 
ally sufficient. 

144. 

Do Not Feed nor Water a Horse 

directly after his coming in very warm, but let 
him walk about until cool ; groom him quite dry 
first with a wisp of straw, and then with a comb 
and brush, and rub the legs well with the hand. 
When he is cool give him his grain. 

145. 

Watering Horses. 

Horses require and should have at least a 
pailful of water morning or evening ; or, what 
is better, give a half pailful at four different 
times in a day. 

140. 

A Horse Should Not 

be driven or worked hard directlv after he has 



had a full draught of water, nor soon after eat- 
ing heartily, as exertion prevents digestion, 

147. 

Chopped Hay, 

sprinkled with a little water, which has a tea- 
spoonful of salt dissolved in it, is quite pleasing 
to the taste of the horse, and is also more easily 
digested. 

148. 
Do Not Work nor Drive A Horse 

if he refuses his food, after drinking, until you 
have given him rest. 

14*). 
To Tighten Loose FeluEs. 

The application of hot linseed oil will tighten 
up the loose fellies of a wagon and keep them 
light. 

150. 
Driving Nails into Hard Wood. 

You can drive nails into hard wood without 
bending them, if you dip them first into lard. 

151. 

Fire Pails. 

1.1 to 20 drops of oil will form a coating suffi- 
cient to prevent the evaporation of water in fire 
pails. 



20. 



tBable of &onl-znlz> 

A. 

Albunlenized Milk . . . > • , 2 

A Ham is Greatly Improved . 19 

A Dyspeptic may Eat 27 

A Delicious Dessert 30 

A Salad of Walnuts 37 

A Large Rug i . . (51 

A Good Quality -94 

Arresting a Cold 103 

Air your Clothing.... 108 

Athletic Training 122 

Ants on the Lawn 133 

A Horse Should Not 140 

B. 

Boiling on Old Ham 4 

Berries. — Fruit-j uices 24 

Butter , . 25 

Baked Tom atoes 35 

Baked Bananas 39 

Bleeding from Fresh Wounds 98 

Beet Seed 138 

c. 

Canned Grape^Juice. . . 33 

Clam Bouillon 34 

Cocoanut Pyramids 38 

Cleaning Brass Kettles. 41 

Cleaning Frying Pans 44 

Cleaning Decanters 47 

Cistern Water 48 

Corks 51 

Cold Cellar 54 

Cleaning Waste Pipes , 59 

Cleaning Smoky Mica 02 

Cleaning Lamp Burners 03 

Cleaning Gloves 74 

Cleaning Silk 80 

Cleaning Carpet 84 

Cutting the Hair 97 

Cough 101 

Cats and Dogs 119 

Celery Plants 139 

Chopped Hay 147 

D. 

Disinfecting Sinks. , 49 

Damp Cellar . . . 58 

Drying Umbrellas 68 

Dusting a Room 89 

Dry Palate. 100 

Don't Sleep in Hot Rooms 109 

Dizziness and Vertigo 115 

Do not Worry , 121 

Don't Feed Smutty Corn 142 

Do not Feed nor Water a Horse 144 

Do not Work nor Drive a Horse 148 

Driving Nails into Hard Wood 150 



Ffesh Mea£. *,.,,, 22 

Fruit for Cakes 23 

Fruit Sandwiches 36 

For Cotton Goods 77 

For Moths 90 

For Nervous Dj'spepsia 112 

For Faintness and Headache 116 

Fresh Air, Pure Water 118 

Fire Pails , ■<< ■ 151 

G. 

Going Upstairs ■ 102 

Grape- Vines 12(5 

Garden ,,.,,...,...., 131 

H. 

How to Frv Aright < . . . , 6 

House Plants 12 

Ham Patties 20 

If Ants Annoy ". • . ■ . . »'»"j 

If a Bedstead Creaks ill 

Inflamed and Sore Eyes 96 

If Nervous 117 

Intelligent Farmers 140 

Ui 

Line Pans . . . . 21 

Lime Water 20 

Letting Clothes Hartg 110 

M. 

Milk Becoming Sour. . 5 

Making Coffee 7 

Miguortettes 128 

N. 
New Refrigerators 50 

o. 

Olives. 10 

Orange Sherbet. . , 33 

Over-Feeding Hens 13S 

P. 

Plants in Rooms 14 

Purifying Drinking Water 2S 

Protection Against 113 

Potted Plants 195 

Plants in Pots 130 

Plant Peas in the Orchard 137 

R. 

Rose Geranium for Flies • ■ ■ ■ . ■ 13 

Rhubarb 15 

Rust on Iron or Steel 40 

Rose Cuttings 129 

s. 

Substitute for Citron 1 

Sour Milk 11 

Slices of Cooked Meat 20 

Stains on Dishes 40 

Salt 42 

Sewing New I.inen 71 



»oap , , , ,93 

Skin Beautifier 105 

Small Potatoes 135 

Seed Potatoes 141 

To Preserve Eggs ,', Ki 

To Give Varietv to an Omelet IT 

To Scale Fish Easily 18 

To Solid ifv Lemon jellv g] 

The Oven ". 43 

To Arouse a Dying Fire , 4."i 

To Drive away Flies • 5n 

To Drive away Water- Bugs , 5fi 

To Clean Marble Basins •' 57 

To Wash an Oil Cloth 60 

To Keep your Windows Clean (>4 

To Tighten Cane-Seats 66 

The Best Dusters 07 

To Soften Leather 69 

To Whiten Yellow Linen 72 

To Remove Creases from Velvet 73 

To Prevent Steel Ornaments from Tarnishing 7.1 

The Best Towels 79 

Tortoise Shell Articles 81 

To Clean Lace. 82 

To Clean Hair Brushes Omckly and Easily 88 

To Brighten Leather Furniture 86 

To Remove Old Paint. 87 

To Repair a Broken Wall H8 

To Keep the Hair in Curl 93 

Tender Feet 99 

To Stop Sneezing , 100 

To Sweeten the Breath KM 

The Bath Ill 

To Relieve a Cold in the Head 114 

To Destroy Microbes 120 

Tuberose 127 

To Protect Apple Trees 139 

The Best Nourishment for a Horse 143 

To Tighten Loose Fellies 149 

u. 

Use of Oiled Papers , 8 

w. 

Wash Green Vegetables 3 

Weather Bureau at Home 9 

Water*proof Gloves.. 58 

Warm Food 53 

Weak Spots in a Black Silk Waist 76 

Washing Chintzes and Satines 78 

When about to Re-paper the Wall S(i 

Washing- Fluid 93 

When to Buv Boots and Shoes 107 

Window Garden 124 

Wind- Cured Hay 133 

Wheat for Swine 134 

Watering Horses 146 

Yellow Stains on White Goods 70 



1. 

SUBSTITUTE FOR CITRON. 

Watermelon-rinds make an excellent substi- 
tute for citron. Cook rich and thick with 
plenty of sugar, and can. When ready to use, 
take out a little, dry in oven and add to cake", 
pudding, or pie. 



ALBUMENIZED MILK 

is made by putting the whites of two eggs in a 
glass jar with one pint of milk and shaking 
them thoroughly. 

:s. 

WASH GREEN VEGETABLES. 

All green vegetables should be washed in 
cold water, wiped with a clean cloth, and cooked 
in freshlv boiling, salted water until done — and 
no longer. To ascertain when they are done 
try with a fork, as the time will vary according 
to the freshness of the vegetable. 

4. 

BOILING AN OLD HAM. 

Before boiling an old ham it should be soaked 
for sixteen hours in a large pan of cold water. 
Remember that a ham fast boiled is quite spoiled. 

r>. 

MILK BECOMING SOUR. 

A few grains of* borax put into milk will 
prevent it from becoming sour. 



a, 

HOW TO FRY ARIGHT. 

If the preparation to be fried is put into fat 
at the right temperature, a skin forms over it at 
once, and prevents any chance of its being 
greasy. You should test it by throwing in a 
morsel of breadcrumb ; if this colors and crisps 
at once, the fat is fit for use. 
7. 
MAKING COFFEE- 

A simple rule to follow in making coffee, is to 
put the ground berry into the coffee pot and set 
on the back of the range to thoroughly heat 
before the water is added. The oil in the cof- 
fee is thus brought out and the best flavor 
obtained. 

S, 

USE OF OILED PAPERS. 

Reserve the oiled papers that come over lard 
or butter for papering cake tins. 

<). 

WEATHER BUREAU AT HOME. 

Drop two lumps of sugar carefully into the 
middle of your cup of coffee ; if the air-bubbles 
remain in the center of the cup of coffee, it will 
be fine ; if they rise rapidly and go at ouce to 
the sides, it will rain all day ; if they gather in 
the center and then go in a cluster to one side. 
look out for showers. 

10. 

OLIVES. 

When olives are served they are placed oni 
the table before the meal begins and not re- 
moved until the dessert is brought on. The 



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